Why Mindfulness Matters with Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman

On this week’s podcast, Marianne sits down with mindfulness experts and husband & wife duo, Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman. A pioneer in the field, Jack founded two of the most well known meditation centers in the country - Insight Meditation in Massachusetts and Spirit Rock in California. Trudy is an accomplished psychologist, teaching Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and serving as a guiding teacher for the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy.
Jack defines mindfulness as “loving awareness.” The three dive into how mindfulness and meditation are radically transformative for both individual and society.
After the interview Marianne answers listener questions.
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[@kajsaceder]

Mind heart connection leads to mindfulness, mindfulness leads to mindful activism. Thank you for the discussions, insights and wisdom from the 60's.

[@jylyhughes5085]

Thank you Marianne .... such a beautiful, profound conversation with Jack and Trudy.

[@michaelbruno4558]

So grateful and moved by the guests and by Marianne's comments.

[@teresamartini10]

Great interview. And also interesting question from the audience. Thirty years ago, I asked a similar question to my mentor. She told me when we have an opportunity, we also have a responsibility to those who don't have the same opportunity. So take and use the opportunities life gives you for a greater good. Make use of the "privilege" of opportunities to work for a better world wherever you are.

[@jenniferaanes871]

We need Marianne's Department of Peace

[@jonelleolds-ruppel1159]

Amazing interview thank you 🙏

[@GeraltBosMang]

The problem is not that we don't have enough time to meditate and do the things we value in life. The problem is that we are forced to work 40 hours or more a week to survive despite industrialization and technological advancement that increased productivity and innovation. The sickness is in the system.

[@BlackMagickMike]

I learned to do it during my morning train commute into NYC. It made all the difference. Before that, I had to walk to work (to a prior job that I didnt like much) while I saved enough money to repair my car. I used that walk to appreciate, receive insights, and reflect. When I left that job, and I couldnt wait to, my manager commented how much of a calming effect I had on the (big box) store when I was there. When you see meditation, even if you can only do it for 5 minutes, as imperative, you wont experience the benefits.

[@kylesvlog7676]

The question and answer at the end made me cry. Love you Marianne!

[@dr.keshavamurthy2785]

Thank you Marianne madam. Thank you Jack Kornfield sir and Trudy Goodman madam

[@PeterHorrill]

This is "activity of truth"; seeing truth amidst the chaos and "zeitgueist" of life.. #Bravo #courageousconversations, Marianne.

[@StarSeedThom]

Synchronicity wise: This has been the singularly best 3-way conversation that I have ever, in essence, listened to and understood to date! Thank You

[@npalus8374]

Amazing. Thank you.

[@JY-tq4ir]

thank you for sharing

[@utaschmelter2630]

Thank you three so much for sharing your experience, this is so helpful 🙏🧡

[@infinitemeproductions714]

Blessings to you all. The practice of mindfulness is the holistic process of becoming self aware in the current state of your physical, mental and spiritual existence. Our self mastery stems from the knowledge that our minds are very powerful and that it is constantly shaping our realities and the manner in which we engage in the world as we perceive it. Like the masterful captain of a ship at sea, we must navigate our way through the never-ending waves of our own thoughts and feelings, being able to discern those that have been artificially produced and unconsciously suppressed while accessing the inner compass of our greater selves as a guiding North Star. To be mindful is to also engage with intent in order to deliver meaning to our actions, to become one with our true nature to access the divine force so that we may manifest from true inspiration. Being mindful is to be in the here and now, where no past exists and no future need be concerned, the actively conscious form of surrendering. Carry no judgements, ill-will nor machinations of ever-morphing thoughts, as the practice of mindfulness is to reconnect us with those greater aspects of ourselves where kindness and compassion thrives. Wishing everyone in your community a transformative journey . . . kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXu8knare7uJgJI

[@theotherway1639]

The mindfulness guide "30 Days to Stop Giving a Shit" by Corin Devaso is pretty good. Simple and easy mindfulness and meditation lessons...but the point is to keep it light and practical. I recommend it. It should be on amazon or a book distributor.

[@vorbis4860]

I would love to hear you talk with Ken Wilber about what an actual integral politics would look like. You two could talk without any worry about wandering into politics when talking spirit, or spirit when talking politics, and it would be a pretty holistic discussion.

[@sharonmassey2923]

Given part of the discussion, I'm assuming you are all familiar with the late Terence McKenna. Marianne's point at 40:40 brought this all-encompassing quote of his to mind: "If we could feel what we are doing, we wouldn't do it anymore."

[@jhlfsc]

Not to be superficial on such an amazing episode, but you look particularly glamorous. Such a beautiful look for you!

[@alfonsogutierrez268]

Awesome...wow comments

[@selfdribblingbasketball9769]

Very important episode Marianne thank you

[@ZeitgeisterOm]

Here's something you hear a lot. Say what you will about capitalism you cannot deny its lifted people out of poverty. I hear that all the time especially when I'm talkin about Rising inequality and the vanishing middle class. The rates of extreme poverty we are told have plummeted under global capitalism. We are told that under global capitalism has cut poverty by 80% or 90%. This reminds me of my mother when ever I ranted about how bad the situation was today she would tell me about how much worse the situation had been before. she would tell me be grateful for the improvements Richard she would say. I wasn't convinced then and I'm not now. These champions of capitalism are slick I'll give them that but here's why they're wrong. Their clever math comes from how they Define poverty. According to the World Bank anyone making a dollar 91 cents a day is considered poor. everyone else is okay but that number isn't actually based on the living cost of any actual person it's totally arbitrary. could you live on a dollar 91 cents per day the United Nations doesn't think so they say everyone would need at least four times that $7.40 cents per day to get the absolute minimum for quote basic nutrition and normal human life expectancy. Using this more realistic number. The number of people in poverty has actually increased over the last four decades to a whopping 4.2 billion poverty has gone up not down. But hey at least a proportion of people in poverty has gone down they might say. what's actually the reason for that? was it really capitalism that was our knight in shining armor as a matter of fact almost all of that reduction in poverty has been in one country China. not in the countries where American style capitalism was exported. China accomplished this massive government Industrial spending and social programs that it calls socialist with few exceptions most of the world has made very little progress in reducing poverty. if you exclude China then not only the number of people in poverty has increased but the proportion of people in poverty hasn't fared much better ticking down a measly 5.4% over 40 years. at that rate experts project it would take more than 200 years to come close to eliminate Global poverty and that's only if there are never any recessions. that's only if the global economy manages to reach 173 times its current size. no one expects either of those things to happen. Already the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic has made years worth of poverty reduction useless a hundred million people has fallen right back into extreme poverty. But the problem isn't the viruse. viruses come and go. The real problem is the system. A system that implodes every 4 to 7 years pushing more and more people into deep poverty and which has absolutely no protections for ordinary people when it collapses. Even the Defenders of the system have started to admit just how flawed it is. The world bank itself now says that reducing inequality by just 1% a year would lift more people out of poverty then increasing economic growth by 1% above current forecast. That's not to say some things haven't gotten better but where they are is because of ambitious government programs. that's why Cuba a known socialist country under a decades-long embargo has lower rate of infant mortality a higher life expectancy and a higher rate of literacy then the richer countrys. That's also why the countries with the lowest poverty are places like Denmark and Finland it's no mystery no Advanced economy has ever achieved low poverty rates without high levels of government social spending. The fact is capitalists have always fought against those policies against progressive taxation against minimum wages against social welfare programs against Union bargaining. poverty has been reduced not by capitalism but in spite of an against capitalist oppositions. so it's not just that capitalism doesn't fix poverty it plunges more and more people into desperation. so that the system can survive. the rising numbers of people in poverty can attest to that. Despite what the inaccurate statistics might suggest as long as we have a system design around Profit that won't change Richard Wolff

[@carendancer8265]

The Reptilian Brain in some creating a sense that the only thing that matters is their own survival at everyone else's expense.

[@YouTubeCensor]

51:18 No answer to the Trump question?

[@vikki7571]

It was answered

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